A look back at the games I played during PAXAus. Continue reading
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Perils of Pre-Funding: Double Fine Pushes Unready Spacebase DF-9 To Release
Double Fine pushes their Early Access-funded Spacebase DF-9 into a release version despite it still lacking a lot of features, indicating that no-one is immune to overpromising and under-delivering. Continue reading
The Yogventures Collapse: A Case Study in Kickstarter Video Games Failure
When Kickstarter-backed projects like Yogventures collapse, it’s important to look closely at them to see what the lessons are. In this case, it appears a key lesson is, “The backers are screwed”. Continue reading
Kickstander: Pre-Funding and A Question of Trust
Pre-funding titles in alpha, beta, etc is an act of trust… and there plenty of reasons why that trust is being eroded. Continue reading
Reviewing My 2013 MMO Predictions: The Music Is About To Stop
Last year I made a number of predictions about the MMO market for 2013. Time to pay the piper… and unfortunately he collects with interest. Continue reading
Warhammer Online: Time for a Reckoning
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is closing down in December of this year. It’s a MMO that never lived up to its potential or its pre-launch hype. Continue reading
Neverwinter: Lessons Learned
Neverwinter has clear links back to the lessons Cryptic Studios has learned with their previous titles. Continue reading
Kickstander: From Code Hero to Zero
The Escapist is reporting a story of a Kickstarter video game project where the project leader may have spent all the raised money and halted the project. Unfortunately, that’s part of the nature of crowdfunding. Continue reading
Great MMO Collapses of Our Time – Destination Games
You can get excited now, because if you picked this option, you’ve decided to back Destination Games! Destination Games Game That Destroyed Them: Tabula Rasa Studio Launch Date: April 2000 Studio Closure Date: 28 February 2009 Invested In By: NCsoft Estimated Money Blown: US$106m Cause of Death: Restarting the project, internal culture of fear and secrecy, … Continue reading
Great MMO Company Collapses of Our Time – RealTime Worlds
If you selected this option, congratulations – you decided to back RealTime Worlds! RealTime Worlds Game That Destroyed Them: All Points Bulletin (APB) Studio Launch Date: Early 2002 Studio Closure Date: September 2010 Invested In By: Private investors Estimated Money Blown: Over US$100m Cause of Death: Spending all the budget before the game had even launched, … Continue reading
World Class Villains 